Amit Srivastava March 31st, 2015 My journey into boy scouts began when I brought my son to his first Troop 443 meeting. There I saw a person at the podium, who was calm, collected and had command over his troop. Not having been in scouting before, I was told that the person speaking was the Senior Patrol…
Amit Srivastava Tonight we are here to celebrate your success. As scouts go through the journey from being a scout to an Eagle. Each of the scouts learn a lot during that journey. As a scout the first thing you learn is the Scout Oath. It starts with “On my honor I will do my best”. What is it that…
Amit Srivastava Today I have the pleasure to see two Eagle’s soar out of our Troop’s nest. A Scoutmaster learns something new at every Court of Honor, especially an Eagle Court of Honor. So what have I learned today? I learned that being a leader is not enough to attain the rank of Eagle….
Written by Amit Srivastava The Chinese have a saying, “The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.” There’s a lesson for us in that. I am thinking of advancement. If you come to troop meetings without ever looking in your Official Boy Scout Handbook and if you never ask how to pass a requirement or who…
Written by Scoutmaster Amit Srivastava. Takashi and Keenan earlier recited the scout oath as they have done several hundreds of times as part of their scouting journey. As parents you would have heard it multiple times in scout meetings and events. It is one the first thing a scout learns when they join boy scouts. Scouts…
I took over Troop 443 as a Scoutmaster over 5 years back in 2012. I had taken over from a Scoutmaster who himself was an Eagle Scout and knew every aspect of scouting. Not having experienced scouting as a child, I was not sure if I could serve as a Scoutmaster or have experiences that…